HC Deb 16 May 1978 vol 950 c99W
49. Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the number of children on the roll of schools built before 1900 at the latest available date; and what was the number four years ago.

Miss Margaret Jackson

From the recent school building survey it is estimated that in January 1975, 1.9 million pupils in maintained primary, middle and secondary schools in England and Wales were in schools some or all of whose buildings dated from before 1903. About 1.4 million of these pupils were in primary schools. No comparable information is available for other recent years.